Sunday, February 14, 2016

Sunday Selections

Joining River and others for Sunday Selections. Oh, the roneo machine is nearly out of metho so this week's copies will be brief in an effort to make sure there is a copy for you all.

R bought this potted impatiens a couple of months ago. I suggested it would not do well on the balcony with the fiercely hot morning sun over summer, never mind the wind. I took it upon myself to care for it and care for it I have. If it is to be a hot and sunny morning, I bring it inside. I water it as required, usually every second or third day. It has been brilliant and positively glows in the evening light. The spent flowers spin as I throw them over the edge they blow off and slowly descend to the ground below.

Well, this was a surprise, a Geordieland tee shirt seen in the department store Myer. Newcastle is of course R's city of birth. They did not have it in a small size so R could not buy one for himself (Victor, it's not the time or place for honesty).

I had not seen a rainbow for a while. Interesting light in the photo.

And a sunset photo, again with interesting light probably caused by air pollution. I am the original romantic, hey.

Cranky, the other name Gestetner. You aren't going to pretend you are too young to remember them? I know you call the spirit something else. I thought something like Solyptol, but google is not helpful. No, R is not built like The Great Scot. See Victor's remark.

In all my trips to the UK, I have only been once to Newcastle and Durham, and that was just for a week. But for people who had expected a dour, impoverished, industrial north, the area was an amazing surprise.

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